March 14, 2013

The Folio Society announced a new literary prize yesterday. The forty thousand pound prize is to be awarded to an English language book of fiction published in the UK. It… Read more »

Awards and ceremonies

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Siren İdemen wins inaugural Talât Sait Halman Translation Prize — Chad Felix
PEN urges Chinese government to free dissident poets Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia — Chad Felix

Apple head Tim Cook forced to testify in DOJ case

Sal Robinson

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote has ruled that Tim Cook will have to testify in the Justice Department case against Apple over allegations of e-book price-fixing. An article by Adi… Read more »

Hispanic legislator in New Mexico endorses banning books by five Hispanic authors

Next up in the banning brigade — New Mexico! According to an article by The Huffington Post, Republican state Representative Nora Espinoza went on a rant against Antonio Maestas’ proposed… Read more »

Lots of men get together and make really cool tablet for ladies that’s pink and stuff

Abigail Grace Murdy

The newest author on the Melville House list, Mary MacLane, would well understand the limitations of the ePad Femme, a tablet designed for women by the Saudi company Eurostar Group. Running… Read more »

A.L. Kennedy on reading and living on trains

Kelly Burdick

A.L. Kennedy contributes here to the Huffington Post’s “Where I Like to Read” series, and her chosen locale is a good one: the train. As she writes, [W]hen the view… Read more »

Melville House Books

Announcing a new prize for Jonathan Franzen to win

Dustin Kurtz